Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

2011 Edition
| Editors: Jan W. Gooch

Hemiacetal Group

  • Jan W. Gooch
Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_5891

n Functional groups derived from carbonyl groups by addition of one molecule of an alcohol, of the general structure shown: -C-OH-OR-. (Morrison RT, Boyd RN (1992) Organic chemistry, 6th edn. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ)

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  • Jan W. Gooch
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  1. 1.AtlantaUSA